The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has renamed the Abuja International Conference Centre as the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre.
Wike, a close ally of the president also announced that other halls in the facility had been renamed after Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kekere-Ekun.
Wike stated this during the Inauguration of the ICC in Abuja on Tuesday.
The event was attended by Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President, Jibril Barau, among others.
“Today, this Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre can stand any other International Conference Centre. And in doing that, because the National Assembly has also supported us, I have told you that as we were inspecting the project, at the back, we have two halls. We have to remember those who have also supported the FCT. The National Assembly is one such arm of government.
“So I just said since it is a property under you, and the building is under you, then, it should have small names on those halls, but it should be under the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre,” the FCT minister said.
He added, “It is important for the public to understand and to know why today, this is called the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre. This Conference Centre was built in 1991 under the military government. Since that time, nothing has happened to this International Conference Centre.”
The facility was newly renovated at a cost of N39 billion.
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